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Yeovil Town FC received a loan of £689,538 from Sport England after an agreement on 12 February 2021.

The loan was given to Yeovil Football & Athletic Club Ltd and was created as a legal charge on the club on 17 March 2021.

In Scott Priestnall’s most recent update to supporters 110 days ago, he confirmed the club had been offered a loan which would help them see the season through.

We asked YTFC the following:

Can the club confirm the accuracy of the figure?
What it has been used for?
How long it will take to repay it?
What is the plan to repay it?

In response to our questions, the club gave us this statement: “Similarly to football clubs across the National League, we have taken the SE (Sport England)  loan to replace the lost revenue from this season.”

This information was received after we put in a Freedom of Information request to Sport England last month.

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Yeovil Town midfielder Lawson D’ath has confirmed he is set for surgery on a knee injury sustained in the final game of the 2020/21 season.

Speaking to supporters on twitter, the former Reading play maker confirmed he was to go under the knife “next Thursday” (17th of June)

Despite being out of contract at the end of this season, it was noted in the recent player update that D’ath was going to be offered the chance to do his rehab with the team at Huish Park with hope that a contract can be offered once he’s back to full fitness.

D’ath has spent two spells with the Glovers during his career, an initial loan spell in 2012 before returning on a permanent basis in 2019.

It has been a frustrating couple seasons in the green and white for D’ath who only made his comeback from a long term injury in the final games of the season – something which Manager Darren Sarll noted was indicative of the midfielder’s character.

It goes without saying, but everyone at the Gloverscast wishes Lawson well, on his day, a fit and firing D’ath is as good as anyone at this level.

 

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We’re delighted to announce the winners of the inaugural Glovies!  An end of season awards like no other.

Thanks for voting in this season’s awards, you can see the winners below.

Listen to Episode #80 of the Gloverscast to hear us discuss the winners and the extra categories!


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Reuben Reid and Albi Skendi will be at Yeovil Town next season after the club confirming that options in their contract had been triggered.

In an update on players issued on Friday, the club also confirmed that midfielder Emmanuel Sonupe is out of contract with no indication he will be retained, which suggests he has not been.

Lawson D’Ath has been invited to continue his rehabilitation at Huish Park.

Matt Worthington has been offered a new deal but is yet to sign it and it appears youngster Alex John has been let go after his contract expired.

The updated added: “Discussions are underway with individuals from the above out of contract and loan lists.”

This would suggest the possibility of a return for goalkeeper Adam Smith and full-back Michael Kelly, who were released by Forest Green Rovers and Bristol Rovers respectively at the end of last season.

In-contract
Luke Wilkinson
Alex Bradley
Max Hunt
Albi Skendi
Josh Staunton
Tom Knowles
Reuben Reid
Joe Quigley
Max Evans
Toby Stephens

Offered new contract
Matthew Worthington
Rhys Murphy (Declined)

Out of contract
Lawson D’Ath (will remain at club post-surgery for rehabilitation)
Charlie Lee
Jimmy Smith (Retired)
Chris Dagnall
Carl Dickinson
Emmanuel Sonupe
Gabriel Rogers
Alex John

Loan players departing
Adam Smith
Michael Kelly
Josh Neufville
Billy Sass-Davies

 

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Former Yeovil Town striker Rhys Murphy has taken time to post a few words of thanks following his departure from Huish Park.
Murphy joined Southend United following a few weeks of rumours surrounding his future, his final appearance was a four-minute cameo in the

win over Solihull in April.

Posting on his Instagram account, the front man said;

 

“I’d like to say a massive thank you to absolutely everybody at Yeovil Town Football Club @ytfcofficial

I’m sorry I was not present on the final day of the season to say goodbye to you all due to some personal issues.

I’ve come to love this special club during my time here. It’s been a privilege to be a part of such an amazing group of people working throughout the entire club that helped me enjoy my time so much.

I’d also like to place a special thank you to the Gaffer and Terry along with all of my team mates during my two years and of course the amazing fans who I’ve absolutely loved playing in front of.

I only wish we could of shared more moments together had it not been for covid 19 preventing us. Your constant support from the moment I signed to the messages I’ve received wishing me well moving forward have been deeply appreciated.

I’m gutted we haven’t achieved our goal of promotion during my time here but I hope that success isn’t far away again for the club.

I will always have special memories and a fondness of my time here.

Thank you for having me at your very special club.

Rhys Murphy”

The former Arsenal and Chelmsford man played 64 times scoring 33 times for the Glovers, everyone at the Gloverscast wishes him well for next season with Southend… apart from two games obviously.

 

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Chris Dagnall has linked up with former Yeovil Town team-mate Carl Dickinson at Hanley Town, the club has confirmed today.

Speaking to his new club’s website, Dagnall spoke about the influence of playing alongside Dickinson, who took over as manager at Hanley after retiring from playing at the end of last season.

He said: “He’s been a massive influence, me and Carl spoke quite a bit towards the end of last season about once he agreed to become the manager here and what he planned to do going forward, asked if I would be interested.”

“With me not being too far locally to the area it was definitely something that interested me after a few discussions I’m here.”

The 35-year-old played 25 times for the Glovers this season, scoring once in the 2-0 home win over Altrincham in February, and spent the latter part of the campaign in a deeper midfield role.

Last season, Dagnall played 22 times for Darren Sarll having joined in October 2019 following his release by Tranmere Rovers.

Hanley will be the 12th club of Dagnall’s career which began at Tranmere as a 17-year-old in 2003 and has seen him play for Rochdale, Barnsley, Scunthorpe United and Crewe Alexandra. He even had a stint with Kerala Blasters in the Indian Super League in 2015.

Stoke-on-Trent-based Hanley will play next season in the Midland League Premier Division at Step 5 in the football pyramid.

Everyone at the Gloverscast wishes Daggers well for his new club – now someone arrange that pre season friendly already!!!

 

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Rhys Murphy’s move to National League rivals Southend United is official.

The Essex club confirmed the Yeovil Town top-scorer for the past two seasons will join the Shrimpers when his
contract expires at the end of June.

Speaking to Southend’s website, Murphy said: “It’s nice to get the move sorted nice and early so there’s no stress over the summer and I’m already looking forward to getting in, meeting everyone for pre-season and getting started.

“There’s been a few noises about the move and it’s been kept quiet until now so it’s nice to finally have it announced and start meeting the fans so to speak.

“I came and met the manager and coaching staff and was really impressed with them. We shared the same goals of where we want to go with the club. I know it’s been a tricky couple of years, but it wasn’t long ago this club was challenging for Championship football and there’s no reason why it can’t get back to those days.

“Obviously we’re not there right now, but I’m really excited to a part of the journey and hopefully being part of getting the club back to where they were.”

Murphy joined the Yeovil from Chelmsford City on a two-year deal in the summer of 2019 following the Glovers’ relegation out of the Football League.

In his first season he scored 20 times in 33 appearances to fire the club to the National League play-offs despite the season being cut short.

This season he managed 13 goals in 31 appearances despite being missing for long period due to injury and illness.

All of us at the Gloverscast  thank Rhys for all the goals and the job he did for us – we just wish it could have ended better.


Gloversblog: Who could replace Rhys Murphy? Here’s our if, but, maybe, probably not guide – click here.

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Harry Kewell has dived into the hot seat at Barnet as the club’s new First Team Head Coach.

The Australian, who is no stranger to diving, will ‘spearhead a new era’ at the Hive alongside Dean Brennan, who has left his role at Wealdstone to become Head of Football.

Speaking to the Barnet website, Kewell dived: “Barnet is a fantastic football club but we need to get the Club back on the right path and get going back in the right direction. The Chairman and myself have put a really exciting backroom team together, with the view of a collective unit being the driving force behind a successful future for the football club. That starts with me as a Head Coach, but also with all of the staff, players and of course the supporters, we need to be a collective group with the ambition of bringing brighter days back to this incredible Club. There’s plenty of hard work to do to get us going in the right direction and I can’t wait to get started!”

See you next season.

He dived.